Did you know bamboo can be a game-changer for sustainable development?
CIFOR-ICRAF's Dr. Nicholas Hogarth shared how the EU-supported #Z4ABC project in Eastern Zambia is empowering communities to protect forests and create ‘green’ jobs.
We’re creating green jobs & empowering communities to protect their forests,” he said during the @FAO’s #ForestFarmFacility exchange.
Learn more about the project:🔗 https://t.co/XrBmiVaZjc
@EUinZambia@LukeFinland@helsinkiuni@HAMK_UAS@ZambiaMGEE
#IntlForestDay
Explore our bamboo value chain work under the EU-funded Z4ABC project in Zambia's Eastern Province. We support biodiversity & farmers' livelihoods thru' sustainable management & market development for Savanna Bamboo products.
Learn more:🔗https://t.co/Jes7LmjUTF
working on forest livelihoods research? Special Issue on: 'Current Trends in Forest Livelihoods Research' is accepting submissions until Sept 30th. Check it out here: https://t.co/r7fW2KxY7u
Financial institutions headquartered in the EU currently hold €60 billion in investments and, since 2016, have provided €256 billion in credit to corporations in sectors linked to ecosystem destruction.
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About 10% of human-made mercury emissions into the atmosphere each year are the result of global deforestation...
In case you needed more reasons to halt deforestation.
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Please share if you might have Indonesian wildlife researchers in your network. We are recruiting an Indonesian student for a funded PhD working with me & colleagues at @UUBeta 🇳🇱, & @UGMYogyakarta 🇮🇩. Involves cool field & travel to 🇳🇱! 📷WWF Indonesia
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Research in Zambia found that people collect wild foods across the country’s agro-ecological zones, and that forests were the source of 88% of foods – demonstrating the importance of healthy forests to climate resilience for households.
#Trees4Resilience
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How can policy promote carbon, biodiversity, and rural well-being in the world’s forests?
Our recent paper in Nature Climate Change shows that one of the most powerful ways may be to give rural and indigenous people power over their management. https://t.co/Hugt26oKV4 #COP28
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A new publication by VITRI's staff: Synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity and carbon in ecological compensation by E. Yirdaw, @MarkkuKanninen & @AdrianMongeCR | @ForestSciences@helsinkiuni |
https://t.co/6cWOCt5VFu
“The fossil fuel industry is feasting on hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies and windfall profits while household budgets shrink and our planet burns,” @antonioguterres
This study tells us how much they should pay.
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🇿🇲 @CIFOR_ICRAF took part in an exhibition organized by the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI). During the open day, we showcased various technologies to farmers, including Integrated Pest Management strategies to fight Fall Armyworm (FAW).
➡️: https://t.co/6SEzABkTMa
Delighted to speak at the launch of the Zambia for Agroforestry, Biodiversity and Climate project🌿funded by #EUinZambia and implemented by @CIFOR and involving 🇫🇮 institutions @LukeFinland@VITRI_HY @HamkBio
Excited to see 🇫🇮 expertise on the ground for the benefit of 🇿🇲
We are thrilled to announce that this year's FLARE Network Annual Meeting will be hosted by @CIFOR-@ICRAF in Nairobi, October 12-16. Please save the date!
Stay tuned here for further information: https://t.co/lhExJIrEIy
@KeoughGlobalND
Funded by @EU_Commission's #DeSIRA initiative, Z4ABC is led by @CIFOR-ICRAF and implemented in collaboration with @LukeFinland, @helsinkiuni, @HAMK_UAS, and local stakeholders.
The project will also work to contribute to #Zambia's NDCs to climate change mitigation & adaptation.